Lyrics What It Takes - James Brown

What It Takes

[Vocals: James Brown,
Tomi Rae Hynie
both
— Tomi?
— Yeah, baby?
— You know, this can’t be a one-way thing
— Oh, it ain’t no one-way thing, baby
— You sure it’s not a one-way thing?
— Oh, most definitely not a one way thing
— I mean, you women think you can do anything you wanna do
— Hahah…
— Now look here
It takes more than a robin to make the winter go
Oh, it takes two lips… of fire, ha!
To melt away the snow, huh
And it takes two hearts a-cookin'
(Say it)
To make our fire grow
And
baby, you’ve got what it takes
Uh, lookit here!
You know it takes a lot of kissin'
(lookit here)
To make a romance sweet
Oh, it takes a lot of lovin'
To make my life complete
And it takes two hearts a-cookin'
(That's right baby)
To make our fire grow